[LEAPSECS] stale leap second information

[Rob Seaman]

On Jan 12, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Martin Burnicki <martin.burnicki at meinberg.de> wrote:

> I've suggested at various occasions that the IERS should be the authoritative source for a leap second file.

There were discussions at both the 2013 and 2011 UTC meetings well-aligned with what Martin says, for both leap second info as well as more general Earth orientation data.  One or the other or both are needed under all scenarios.  These are the sorts of details that should be hammered out in advance - and it has never seemed controversial among any of the stakeholders that reliable information should be provided in a good format using flexible protocols implemented on scalable hardware with robust network connections.

Rob Seaman
NOAO